Shirt for use with concealed suspenders



Feb. 14, 1933. M. F. KILLORY 1,897,261

SHIRT FOR USE WITH CONCEALED SUSPENDERS Filed April 21, 1932 PatentedFeb. 14, 1933 UNITED STATES MARTIN F. KILLORY, OF BROCKTON,MASSACHUSETTS SHIRT FOR USE WITH CONCEALED SUSPENDERS Application filedApril 21,

The object of this invention is to provide a shirt adapted to be wornover suspenders concealed thereby, and having coupling members adaptedto connect concealed suspender ends with trousers buttons, said membersbeing confined on the shirt when the suspender ends and trousers areconnected thereby, and separable from the shirt, to permit independentwashing thereof when the suspender ends and trousers are not connectedby the coupling members, washing of the latter being unnecessary.

Of the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a front view showing a shirt embodying the invention andportions of trousers connected with concealed Suspender ends by thecoupling members.

Figure 2 shows in perspective a portion of the inner side of the shirt,and one of the washable stop strips hereinafter described.

Figure 3 shows in perspective one of the coupling members separated fromthe shirt.

Figure 4 shows in perspective a portion of the inner side of the shirtand a coupling member conditioned to be separated from the shirt.

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 4 and shows a portion of asuspenderend disconnected from the coupling member.

Figure 6 is a sectional view showing a suspender end engaged with thecoupling memher. the latter being confined on the shirt and engaged witha trousers button.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

The shirt 12 is provided with a plurality of horizontally extendingslits 13 in its waist portion, the number of slits being equal to thenumber of ends 14 of ordinary suspenders 15.

The shirt is provided on its inner side with a plurality of washablestop strips 16, one for each slit 13. said strips being of any suitableflexible fabric.

The strips 13 are attached at their ends by stitches 17 to the shirtadjacent the opposite ends of the slits, the strips being longer thanthe slits, and adapted to cooperate, as hereinafter described, withcoupling members 1932. Serial No. 606,582.

which connect the suspender ends with trousers 18.

Said coupling members extend loosely through the slits 13 and eachincludes a single lower end tab 20 located outside the shirt andengageable with a button 19 on the trousers, and two upper end tabs 22and 23, fixed to and diverging from the tab 20 and located within theshirt, said tabs extending across opposite sides of one 3 Each couplingmember is preferably composed of two flexible oblong strips of anysuitable material such as inelastic webbing united at their lower endsto form the lower tab 20, and diverging from the tab 20 to form the tabs22 and 23. As shown by Figure 3, the lower ends of said strips may beunited in part by stitches 28 and in part by stitches 26 reinforcing thelower end of the button hole 2-1., the strips being inseparable fromeach other below the mid length portion of the button hole 21, andseparable from each other above said portion, so that the tab projectssuiilciently below the slit 13 to permit it to be conveniently grasped.

The tab 22 has a button 24: engageable with a suspender end 14, and thetab 23 has a but ton hole 25 engageable with said button to connect thefree ends of said tabs with each other, so that the tabs 22 and 23cooperate with the stop strip 16 in preventing separation of thecoupling member from the shirt, said member being separable from theshirt by disconnecting the upper tabs from each other, and then pullingthe upper tabs through the slit 13.

The upper tabs are elongated to permit limited up and down movement ofthe stop strips 16 and the shirt portions attached thereto, on thecoupling members.

It will now be seen that the shirt may be conditioned by the removal ofthe coupling members to permit its convenient washing, and renderedoperative to conceal the suspenders by connecting the coupling membersas described.

I claim: 7

A shirt provided with horizontally extendin slits in its waist portion,horizontally eX- tending washable stop strips attached at of the stopstrips 16. 60 V their ends to the inner side of the shirt adj acentopposite ends of the slits, and detachable coupling members extendingloosely through said slits, each member including two upper tabs locatedwithin the shirt and extending across opposite sides of a strip, and asingle lower tab located outside the shirt, the upper tabs having meanswhereby they may be engaged with a Suspender end, and with each other,the lowertab being'engageable with trousers, the arrangement being suchthat when the upper tabs are connected with each other, the couplingmember is confined on the shirt by the stop strip, and when the uppertabs are disconnected, the coupling member is separable from the shirtto permit independent washing of the shirt, the upper c tabs beingelongated to permit independent vertical movements of the stop stripsand the shirt portions to which they are attached.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

V MARTIN F. KILLORY.

